Tornado locomotive Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
A NEW BBC documentary is to give viewers a glimpse behind-the-scenes at the moment a British-built steam engine hit 100 mph for the first time in 50 years on the East Coast Main Line.
Tornado clocked the speed during a test run on the line between Doncaster and Newcastle, passing through York, on April12.
Tornado: the 100mph Steam Engine, airs on BBC One in Yorkshire at 7.30pm on Monday.
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